The next hearing of the case is scheduled for Nov. … Association in the southwestern province of Muğla, had also represented the defendants in a mass rape case… “The Turkish judiciary prefers wile over justice,” he added.

from Bianet :: English
Turkey?s first bi-monthly magazine on Kurdish history has hit the bookshelves. Published in Turkish, ?Kürt Tarihi? (?Kurdish History?) delves into the annals of the Kurdish past, long overlooked by official institutions engaged in historiography,

from Journalist in Turkey, background articles, news and weblog about by Fréderike Geerdink
In the north-west of Turkey at least a hundred people tried to lynch a Kurdish family. Eighteen people were wounded,, according to reports in Turkish media on Tuesday. The incident occurred in the province of Sakarya, east of Istanbul. The Kurdish family had come from south-eastern Diyarbakir to earn money in the hazelnut harvesting season.

from Bianet :: English
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has increasingly come to view an authoritarian approach to politics as a solution to its own failures, renowned journalist and writer Prof. Mehmet Altan told bianet.